World needs global fund for biodiversity to support developing countries: Egypt's Environment Minister

• Published date: 19 December 2022
• Publication title: Daily News Egypt

Egypt's Minister of the Environment Yasmine Fouad stressed the importance of establishing a special fund for funding to support developing countries' conservation efforts.This came during a consultation with the various regional groups on the side-lines of the UN Biodiversity Conference: COP15 in Montreal on Sunday.

The consultation was chaired by Fouad with the participation of the Canadian Minister of Environment during the ministerial plenary session on the global framework for biodiversity beyond 2020.She also expressed her confidence in the Chinese presidency and entrusted it with the task of leading consultations with groups in cooperation with the Canadian minister to achieve progress towards the ambitious global goal and facilitate the negotiation process towards setting a general framework for biodiversity beyond 2020 to present it to the world and to future generations.Furthermore, Fouad stated that consultations were completed with 10 regional groups over two days, and now the formulation of this framework...